Chapter 95: Arrogance is only arrogance…. When you don’t have the ability to back it up
"Never forget that the world is large and that there is always someone better than you."
"Because if you do, then when you migrate from your small lake to the wide-open sea."
"Then you won’t even see when a shark comes to eat you up and that you are nothing more than meat on another chopping block."
Darius Hartguard, Second Commander of the Pelican Guards and Captain of Sigismond Security Company
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"Sigismond security service? Never heard of it! What makes you think you can do a better job than us, who have been doing this sort of thing for years?"
Captain Packard shouted, his anger still boiling over at these unknown people who dared to think that they could compete with one of the foremost mercenary companies in the duchy for this job.
Don’t be deceived by how House Aurellion has a plethora of expert and master fighters at their disposal. Most professional soldiers are either at the intermediate or adept level, and it is only because each Pelican Guard is a veteran and trained by a unique training manual that it is possible for all of them to be expert fighters.
Usually, expert fighters like Packard were low-ranking officers in the military, similar to how Aldorus and Darius were captains when they were expert fighters at The Battle of Brunag when they were under Lucius Aurellion’s command, so Packard did not make this claim with no basis as finding anyone who could match the force that The Red Blades had mustered would be a challenge.
"May I ask the good sir’s name?"
Sigismond asked, maintaining his calm and decorum.
"I am Ellis Packard, a captain in the Red Blades. Are you scared yet? Surely you have heard of us."